For obtaining fundamental knowledge about Terminal-care of village, I selected targets of the survey by analyzing demographic change past 20 years and conducted questionnaire survey to government officer and residents. The results of this study are summarized as follows.
1. 82.4% of municipalities had marginal villages.
2. The answerers of residents were classified by 4-type of geological locations and 5-types of formation backgrounds
3. In remaining life of village, 34.2% of the residents answered upper 60 years, but 64.3% of the government officers answered 20~40 years.
4. In the necessity of Terminal-care, the residents had stronger awareness than government officers.
